Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 12-06-1996 and time 02:17:20 (UTC) in region 4 km S Meldola (FC)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Meldola (FC), on

  • 12-06-1996 02:17:20 (UTC)
  • 12-06-1996 04:17:20 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.0940, 12.0600 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Meldola FC 4 9970 9970
Predappio FC 6 6346 16316
Bertinoro FC 9 11059 27375
Forlimpopoli FC 12 13290 40665
Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole FC 13 6426 47091
Civitella di Romagna FC 14 3786 50877
Dovadola FC 14 1653 52530
Forlì FC 15 117913 170443
Cesena FC 15 96758 267201
Galeata FC 16 2516 269717
Rocca San Casciano FC 18 1910 271627
Mercato Saraceno FC 19 6886 278513
Montiano FC 20 1716 280229

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km S of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
15 Km W of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
26 Km SE of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
38 Km SW of Ravenna (159116 inhabitants)
40 Km SE of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
41 Km W of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
73 Km SE of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
90 Km SE of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 2.1 1996-06-12
02:17:20
44.094 12.06 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 247589
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-06-12 02:17:20 ± 0.646
Latitude 44.0940 ± 0.0272
Longitude 12.0600 ± 0.0441
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 247589

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 4642.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 283
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00210
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00429
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 247589
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:54:17
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CRE.Z. 1996-06-12T02:17:37.14 10.0 undecidable manual SG 189 0.4773 -1.1 0
--.PGD.Z. 1996-06-12T02:17:33.49 10.0 undecidable manual SG 227 0.3219 0.17 0.7
--.CRE.Z. 1996-06-12T02:17:31.25 10.0 undecidable manual PG 189 0.4773 0.34 1
--.SFI.Z. 1996-06-12T02:17:31.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 218 0.2442 0.42 0.4
--.PGD.Z. 1996-06-12T02:17:28.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 227 0.3219 -0.02 1.8
--.LMD.Z. 1996-06-12T02:17:26.18 10.0 undecidable manual PG 265 0.2331 -0.3 1.4
--.SFI.Z. 1996-06-12T02:17:26.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 218 0.2442 0.18 1.7
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